Hotels and Accommodations

A lot of goes into a wedding; About a year of planning, on average, and upward of $20,000, give or take, depending on whom who ask. It makes sense that after all of that, a vacation – the honeymoon – is in order. Which, of course, is another $5K or so, according to TheKnot.com, which in late May unveiled results from its 2010 Honeymoon Study. The poll of more than 12,000 couples married last year is the wedding website’s third annual report on honeymoon stats. According to the study, an estimated 1.4 million couples honeymoon each year for an average of eight days. The average cost of a honeymoon is $4,466, which 62 percent of couples foot that bill themselves (at least...

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A lot of goes into a wedding; About a year of planning, on average, and upward of $20,000, give or take, depending on whom who ask. It makes sense that after all of that, a vacation – the honeymoon – is in order.
Which, of course, is another $5K or so,...

Some couples fantasize about getting married under a waterfall in Costa Rica, on the pink sands of Bermuda, or in a castle in Spain. They picture the gorgeous backdrops that such a locale provides and don’t want to pose in front of a painted canvas in a...

On the day Apple rolled out its new Apple Watch, Marriott International made an Apple-worthy announcement of its own Monday: It would be the first global hotel company to accept Apple Pay.
Apple Pay will begin rolling out this summer to 11 hotels,...

The Langham Huntington, Pasadena is rolling out a tea service Sunday for children who like to dress up as their favorite character -- and indulge in a bit of magic.
Imagine Teas, held in the hotel's lobby lounge, showcases young performers from...

U.S. News & World Report on Tuesday named Rancho Valencia Resort & Spa in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., the best luxury hotel in the United States.
Rancho Valencia near San Diego received a 5-diamond rating from AAA last week and already...

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PALM BEACH, Fla. - Facelifts are as common as blue skies in Palm Beach, so it was only a matter of time before the famed Colony Hotel had some work done.
Taking the 67-year-old hotel from worn to wonderful, from staid to stunning was renowned interior...

Jake Rothstein, 8, and his sister Maddie, 5, were on a Thanksgiving vacation at a Nicaragua resort, but nonetheless went off to school without complaint. Their parents, Gordon Rothstein and his wife Jennifer Zagofsky, took the kids to a small school...

As a 10-year veteran of sailing Chesapeake Bay and some other amazing waters around the globe, it's hard to name a favorite spot. But the Tobago Cays rank right up there.
The Tobago Cays are an area with a 1,400-acre sand-bottom lagoon of crystal clear...

It's almost Thanksgiving, which means it's almost time for Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals. And, it's not just retail stores — mortar-and-brick or online — that have the deals. Various lodgings around the globe are serving up specials, most of which...

If you posted a bad review of the Bates Motel on TripAdvisor because you found a dismembered corpse in the bathtub, wouldn't you be outraged to find a letter from a lawyer demanding that you either retract the review or pay $3500? That prospect arises out...

Overcharged? Misinformed? Didn't get what you paid for? Travelers with a gripe against an airline, hotel, online travel agency, credit card issuer, or some other travel seller often copy me on their complaints. And I never cease to be surprised at how...

In honor of Veterans Day, I've been thinking back to my recent stay in the Rhineland. A monument below my hotel window remembering Germany's war dead still had an unused panel. My hunch is that it'll never be used. Germany, mighty today without the help...

Of the many trends invented by the travel industry to pry dollars from our wallets — hello, staycation! — one of the most popular in recent years has been the "babymoon."
Unlike a honeymoon, which, of course, happens just after the wedding, a...

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Here are some of the more interesting deals, websites and other travel tidbits that came across our desk recently:
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Serious foodies would never stoop to scarfing down a schnitzel, but they might be tempted by a seven-day culinary adventure from Zicasso that focuses on Germany's Black Forest area. It promises five-course dinners every night at Michelin-star-studded...

The definitive answer to that question is "not right now, but maybe later." Apple's widely heralded move will certainly shake up the world of payment, but it's by no means a game-changer. First, the basics. Apple Pay is an application that...

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New York Times bestselling author Chelsea Cain's latest thriller, "One Kick" (Simon and Schuster, $25.99), kicks off a new series of novels centered on a former abductee, who becomes immersed in a missing child case. Based out of Portland,...